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PAPER SACK HOLDER. I No. 364,631. l Patented June 14, 1887.

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PAPER-SACK HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,631, dated June 14, 1887.

Application filed February-19. 1887. Serial No. 228,172. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI V. BRYAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield,

in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, have ters and figures of reference marked thereon,

which form a part of this specification.

- My invention relates to improvements in paper-sack holders.

My invention relates to that class of sackholders used for small paper sacks of different counter.

those mostly in use.

sizes for the convenience of grocers, fruitdealers, &c.; and it consists of a wooden board, or of other like material, suspended above the This board is provided with suspended hooks at intervals along on its under side, for suspendingthe different sizes-of sacks thereon. On the longitudinal edges of the board and opposite to each hook is placed a number corresponding with the size of the sacks hung on the hook under it. The sackholder is held horizontally by wires from the corners meeting above the center to a single wire leading to a point above. Centrally on the top of the board is a twine'box containing the twine used in tying thesacks. A hole leads down from the twine-box through the center of the board to allow the string to be drawn through it from the twinebox. This hole is bushed with eyeletsor separated pieces of tubing inserted from either side of the board.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved sack-holder, the twine-box and the middle portion of the,looard being shown in-vertical Fig. 2 is 'an end view of the same,

section. the twine-box being shown entire.

In the drawings, A is the board, which may be of any desired length, according to the numberof sizes of sacks to be used. In the view Fig. l the numbers shown on the board are For convenience the smaller numbers are placed at the ends, as these sizes of paper sacksare those more frequently used than the larger ones. 7

In the top of the board at each corner is a screw'eye, a, and a wire, I), extends from a point over the center through the two eyes at the end of the board, and is brought back again to the before-mentioned point, over the center, and from thence to the ceiling above, or'to any overhead fastening-point desired. The board A is of oblong shape and thick enough to have sufficient space on the edges for the figures to represent each size of sack.

Two rows of small hooks, c c c, are screwed intothe under side of the board A, near the edges, in parallel lines, and on these are suspended the frame-hooks cl d d, the pendent 6 preserved than if hung upon a single bearinghook. These hooks are constructed by bending awire in triangular shape,-with a straight top bar with a loop at each end or angle engaging the hooks c c c, and one long end is formed into a hook at the center of the frame and the other end of the wire is bent around the shank of this hook, the latter being bent sidewise to a perpendicular line.

frame-hook d the sacks are suspended. For

convenience in putting the sacks upon the frame-hooks, the latter are hung upon the small hooks c c, insteadof being permanently hung in screw-eyes, so that each one can be taken off and filled with the proper-sized sacks and hung upin its place on the holder. 8

In Fig. l a number of paper sacks, C, are shown as suspended from hook No. 3. In like manner the frame-hooks opposite the other numbers or figures are taken off, the hooks are filled and suspended. The figures representing the sizes of the sacks are arranged in the same manner on both sides of the sack holder, (or on both edges of its board A.)

The twine-box 13, consisting of a sheet-metal box, preferably of cylindrical form, is secured 5 on the board A at the center by any suitable fastening. It has thimbles c inserted from opposite sides of the board'A into the hole leading from the box 13 through the latter, to prevent the twine from abrasion.

In using my sack-holder, itis suspended over On this The box 13 has [00 a cover thereon, as seen in the views.

the counter, preferably crosswise of the latter, convenient to the point where the goods are to be sacked, and where the latter-such as rice, sugar, &c.are to be found on each side of where the sack-holder is suspended. The numbers being on each side of the sack-holder, it is equally convenient for the dealer to select the sack required from either side.

I claim as my invention 1. In a paper-sack holder, an oblong board pivotally suspended from one side, having parallel rows of small bearing-hooks oppositely arranged on its underside, with asingle frame-hook having a triangular-shaped eye suspended from each pair of bearing-hooks in said rows, to allow said triangular framed hooks to hang under the central longitudinal line of said board, and the latter provided with numbers on its edges, arranged substair tially as described.

2. In a paper-sack holder, an oblong board suspended, as described, from one side, having fixed hooks on its under side arranged in parallel rows lengthwise of said board, detachable frame-hooks having triangular loops adapted to engage the opposite hook in each of said rows and suspended vertically between them, and a covered twine-box on said board, having a tubular opening through the latter, the whole being arranged substantially as set forth. 3. In a papersack holder, a detachable frame-hook formed of a single wire bent into a triangular-shaped loop at the top, its two upper angles being in the same plane, and hav' ing its pendent hook portion extending from the lower angle of said loop, the latter being adapted to engage two hooks in parallel rows, arranged substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses;

LEVI V. BRYAN,

Witnesses:

FLETCHER WHITE, 13. O. CoNvERsE. 

